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Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:03:36 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4693406[…] Chris Wallace apologized for asking Michelle Bachman “Are you a flake?” I’d rather he’d just ask […]
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Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:40:01 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4691726She accepted the apology when he made a personal call this evening. Waiting to hear whither Rollins and Palin.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:29:50 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4690979Mark Levin ripping Wallace a good one.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:18:18 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4690927Why would he apologize?He did what he wanted to and that was to embarrasses some one on the right. It is obvious the fox has gotten a scare from media matters and is tilting left. at first it was Vansustern and Geralda, then they added Shepard Smith. O’Rielly has always leaned left but tries to hold the middle ground but you can see the strain it causes him. I was looking for a fair and balanced channel and, of course, we now know it is fair and balanced; between Barney Frank and Stalin. I used to love it when I got home from church and watched Chris’ show that I had taped, I wont be doing that again.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:06:42 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4690579

By asking the question the way he did, he implied he thought calling her a “flake” was a serious charge. He carried the leftist meme, rather than investigating it. Because he’s the Sunday anchor for FNC, the left will be running this clip for the rest of her campaign.

petefrt on June 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM

I agree he could’ve asked it better, and it’ll probably be around for a while. And I think he realized his foot was headed up to his mouth even as he was saying it.

I’m worried the lesson for Wallace and people following this hubub is – if you screw up once, the GOP will ostracize you. Is that what we want to teach folks about conservatism? He made a mistake, he apologized. Bachmann had a couple opportunities to make the whole thing disappear, but by taking offense, then by not accepting the apology, she’s keeping the story alive.

…it’s wrong, quite wrong, to proliferate the foolish ridicule of people who ask these questions and then to, worse, ridicule them when Obama comes up with his dopey fake documents once again.

Lourdes on June 27, 2011 at 12:37 PM

Like I was saying about being serious…

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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:53:38 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4690314[…] Michele Bachmann the tough question of “are you a flake?” Chris Wallace came out and apologized, soon after the […]
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:52:40 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4690306mentioned twice on this string so it is important to clarify once again:
Oil companies do NOT, repeat do NOT receive government subsidies. Oil companies receive the very same ability to deduct depreciation, amortization and depletion expense from taxes that ALL US businesses have. That is NOT a subsidy. Why don’t the Conservatives begin to correct this mistaken concept every time the subject comes up. They just sit there. OIL doesn’t receive subsidies.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:33:22 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4690232If Michelle Bachmann can’t take a question, about criticism of her by the folks at FNC, who would be considered to be friendly to conservatives, she is way too thin skinned. She does come off as stiff and scripted.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:52:03 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4690089

hawksruleva on June 27, 2011 at 2:16 PM

Yes, she would have been seen as more gracious if she had prefaced her comments by accepting his apology, and then said the same that she actually said.

By asking the question the way he did, he implied he thought calling her a “flake” was a serious charge. He carried the leftist meme, rather than investigating it. Because he’s the Sunday anchor for FNC, the left will be running this clip for the rest of her campaign.

Tim Russert could have asked the same question without supporting the meme.

But I reiterate, I have come to trust and respect Chris like I trust and respect Greta, and I imagine he’s pretty disgusted with himself about now.

Also, it may have helped if Chris made his apology first in private to her, then to the public.

Still, I don’t think Chris intended to do the damage that was done. He made a very decent apology and I think he probably understands and regrets his mistake.

petefrt on June 27, 2011 at 1:22 PM

What damage did Wallace do? Bachmann may do some damage to herself over this, but I don’t see how Wallace damaged her. If anything, she benefits by 1)claiming the mantle of victimhood at the hands of the hostile media, and 2)displaying the power of her supporters, who flooded Wallace’s phone and mailbox in outrage.

I like Bachmann, but her refusal to accept an apology seems to me a bit harsh. What happened to forgiveness? Why does she need to harbor ill will towards Wallace? If she’s keeping the story alive to score points, that’s not really what I’m looking for in a politician.

WHO, specifically, called Bachmann a flake? Anyone serious or just left-wing flamethrowers? I want NAMES of serious people (by serious, I mean, worthy of quoting) that really called Bachmann a flake.

JustTruth101 on June 27, 2011 at 1:14 PM

JustTruth101 on June 27, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Many people have called her a flake. Try Google, limiting the search to before the CW interview. No one I’d feel good about linking to, certainly, but it is out there.

alwaysfiredup on June 27, 2011 at 1:23 PM

I searched google news, which allows limiting by date. The wrd flake is used when comparing Bachmann to Palin, and accuses Palin of being a flake, but I can’t find a serious journalist, or even a libtard for that matter, calling Bachmann a flake.

Does anyone have the name of anyone seriously calling Bachmann a flake? Because IF NO ONE HAS, then Chris Wallace is the first serious journalist to do so.

I trusted him a as a reliable objective news guy with lots of smarts. Now i see that the example of his smarts is a very quick no-nonsense apology. Kudos to him.

The problem is he is no longer trusted as an objective news guy. He like all media types have their own agenda. We see it exemplified all the time. Hanety has his, O’Reily his. Shep tries to hid his Lib Views and Chris Wallace no longer can hide his Agenda. I’m not saying Wallace is a Lib, but he has a Dog in The GOP Primary and it is not Michelle Bachman.

Fox should keep him off of Bret Bair’s show and consider a replacement for Fox News Sunday. He would land on his feet and be able to stretch his wings on CNN where the audience would be more in tuned to his slant.

Hearing a lot of ‘Bachmann tones it down’ talk this morning about recent press appearances and
the Waterloo un-event. In other words–moving to the center, rhetorically, trying to sooth the electorate. Trying not to make enemies.

idesign on June 27, 2011 at 1:13 PM

She’s following the Rollins playbook. She’s not a conservative hero. She just wants to be elected and will say or do whatever it takes.

Many people have called her a flake. Try Google, limiting the search to before the CW interview. No one I’d feel good about linking to, certainly, but it is out there.

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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:22:27 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4689765My bet is that MB will “accept” the apology in a day or two. I suspect she was genuinely irked by his reinforcing the leftist smear, and wanted to drive her point home to Chris.

Also, it may have helped if Chris made his apology first in private to her, then to the public.

Still, I don’t think Chris intended to do the damage that was done. He made a very decent apology and I think he probably understands and regrets his mistake.

……will SOMEONE, ANYONE in your highly righteous Media dare to ask Obama about HIS TSA feeling the 95 year old Granny?

I’m guessing no.

This is why we hold you in such low esteem.

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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:15:39 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4689741P.S. If no one serious has called Bachmann a flake, then it Chris Wallace is the only one.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:14:51 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4689737WHO, specifically, called Bachmann a flake? Anyone serious or just left-wing flamethrowers? I want NAMES of serious people (by serious, I mean, worthy of quoting) that really called Bachmann a flake.

because if tehre are none, then this IS the same thing as asking “When was the last time you beat your foster kids”

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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:46 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4689733Hearing a lot of ‘Bachmann tones it down’ talk this morning about recent press appearances and
the Waterloo un-event. In other words–moving to the center, rhetorically, trying to sooth the electorate. Trying not to make enemies. Very Hunstmanesque. Very Romney VPish. And very
UnPalin. We’re not fools. GO SARAH.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:11:32 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=146066#comment-4689726

Wallace carried the left’s meme to the extreme. The last election proved that we must fight these memes – or lose.